In re Subpoenas to News Media

In lieu of granting leave to appeal, the circuit court’s order of April 22, 1999, and the district court’s orders of April 9 and 13, 1999, are vacated. MCR 7.302(F)(1). The district court erred in allowing use of a subpoena -under MCR 2.506 as a discovery procedure in a criminal case. The case is remanded to the 54-B District Court for consideration of the prosecuting attorney’s request for investigative subpoenas under MCL 767A.1 et seq.; MSA 28.1023A(1) et seq. Motion to file a brief amicus curiae is granted. In light of this order, the stay entered by this Court on April 29, 1999, is…